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For the DuMont television show (1949-1954), see Broadway to Hollywood
Broadway to Hollywood is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Willard Mack, produced by Harry Rapf, cinematography by Norbert Brodine and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film features many of MGM's stars of the time, including Frank Morgan, Alice Brady, May Robson, Madge Evans, Jimmy Durante, Mickey Rooney, and Jackie Cooper. Brothers Moe Howard and Curly Howard of The Three Stooges appear—without Ted Healy and without Larry Fine—almost unrecognizably, as Otto and Fritz, two clowns in makeup.
The film features several sequences taken from the unfinished MGM musical The March of Time (1930), including some filmed in the early two-strip Technicolor process. Fay Templeton, DeWolf Hopper Sr., and Albertina Rasch and her dancers are featured in footage taken from The March of Time. However, current prints of Broadway to Hollywood as shown on Turner Classic Movies have no color sequences. The film was released on September 15, 1933, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Original Release
09/01/1933
US Release
09/01/1933
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alice Brady | Lulu Hackett |
Frank Morgan | Ted Hackett |
Jackie Cooper | Ted Hackett Jr. as a Child / Ted Hackett Jr. as Child |
Russell Hardie | Ted Hackett Jr. |
Madge Evans | Anne Ainsley |
Mickey Rooney | Ted Hackett III as a Child / Ted Hackett III as Child |
Eddie Quillan | Ted Hackett III |
Jimmy Durante | Jimmy - Hollywood Character / Jimmy |
Fay Templeton | Fay Templeton - Production Number Singer - Edited from The March of Time (1930) / Production Number Singer - Edited from The March of Time (1930) (archive footage) |
May Robson | Veteran Actress |
Directors
Writers
Willard Mack, Edgar Allan Woolf, Robert E. Hopkins
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alice Brady | Lulu Hackett |
Frank Morgan | Ted Hackett |
Jackie Cooper | Ted Hackett Jr. as a Child / Ted Hackett Jr. as Child |
Russell Hardie | Ted Hackett Jr. |
Madge Evans | Anne Ainsley |
Mickey Rooney | Ted Hackett III as a Child / Ted Hackett III as Child |
Eddie Quillan | Ted Hackett III |
Jimmy Durante | Jimmy - Hollywood Character / Jimmy |
Fay Templeton | Fay Templeton - Production Number Singer - Edited from The March of Time (1930) / Production Number Singer - Edited from The March of Time (1930) (archive footage) |
May Robson | Veteran Actress |
Albertina Rasch Dancers | Dancing Ensemble - Edited from The March of Time (1930) |
Tad Alexander | Cousin David |
Sidney Bracey | Man in Balcony |
Edward Brophy | Joe Mannion |
Ruth Channing | Wanda |
William Collier Sr. | Vaudeville Act (archive footage) / William Collier Sr. - Vaudeville Act |
Marie Dressler | Vaudeville Act (archive footage) / Self |
Claire Du Brey | Aunt Clara |
Nelson Eddy | John Sylvester |
Muriel Evans | Maid / 1st Flirty Blonde Chorus Girl |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Harry Rapf | Producer |